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monday april
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2011
Raleigh, North Carolina
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belltower briefs
West Deck to add 850 parking spaces
2011 Pan-Afrikan Festival “redefining the soulful experience”
New parking deck will open in fall 2011.
The Black Students Board is hosting the annual Pan Afrikan Festival, a week-long series of events highlighting the African American experience. Visit http://uab.ncsu. edu/eventslisting.html for more information about dates and times for events.
Source: The Black Students Board
Time to sign up for summer classes
Students can register for summer classes at the same time they register for fall classes. Registration is going on now. Students need to talk to their academic adviser then use MyPack Portal to review courses and register. Source: Summer Sessions
UAB is hiring for open positions
The Union Activities Board is now accepting applications for the Executive Board and Committee Chairs for 2011-2012. The UAB and its committees create activities that seek to involve the Student Body. It develops and carries out social and cultural programs to benefit the campus community. Visit www.ncsu. edu/uab to see positions available and apply. These student leader positions include a stipend. Deadline is Friday at 8 a.m.
Joshua Chappell Senior Staff Writer
Starting in fall 2011, the University’s high commuter population will have another place to park on campus, the West Deck. Currently under construction in the existing West Lot, the new West Deck will add approximately 850 parking spaces. The spaces will be available to commuter students with at least 30 credit hours, according to Christine Klein, public communications specialist for transportation. Klein said that it made sense for Transportation to build this deck at this time. “This area was one of the last undeveloped areas [on campus] and due to economic conditions, it was a very
“Because of the economic downcost-effective to build,” Klein said. The project began in November turn, construction costs were con2007, and the construction has been siderably less than the original cost proposal and the deck was able to be moving along as scheduled. constructed real“The general conizing a $3 million tractor, Donley’s, savings,” Klein said. has done a great job The deck has been managing the conconstructed as a prestruction timetable,” cast deck, and the Klein said. “When pre-cast portions of they have fallen bethe deck were made hind due to weather at a concrete preconditions, they’ve cast facility located managed to make in Greenville, SC, the time up.” Christine Klein, public according to Klein. The f inancia l communcations specialist The problem of scope of the entire for Transportation parking on a camproject, which also pus of over 30,000 included upgrading of the intersection of Varsity Drive students, the majority of which are and Western Boulevard and widening commuter students, is always a chalVarsity Drive, was $14.5 million. The lenge. “Technically there is never going Office of Transportation contributed to be enough parking for everyone about $8 million to the effort.
“Construction costs were considerably less than original cost proposal.”
making a splash
The University has drafted a new mission statement in its strategic plan.
N.C. Museum of Art hosts free studentorganized college night
Source: Alesia DiCosola, N.C. Museum of Art
St. Baldrick’s Foundation asks students to shave to save
The St. Baldrick’s Foundation Shave to Save event is asking students to sign up to shave their heads to benefit childhood cancer research on Thursday on Harris Field at 4 p.m. St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a nonprofit whose mission is to raise money for childhood cancer research. Sixty-five University community members have pledged to shave their heads and over $15,000 has been raised, which is higher than last year’s total. The headshaving will begin at 4 p.m. and local band KinGator will be playing. Source: Traci Shirk, Media Contact St. Baldrick’s Foundation
Art to Wear Fashion Show continues tradition
The 10th Annual Art to Wear show will once again feature original designs from fourteen students. The event began in “the Pit” in the College of Design and is now housed in Reynolds Coliseum for more than 3,500 viewers. Doors open April 12 at 6 p.m. and the event begins at 7 p.m. Ticket prices begin at $5 and it is open to the public. For more information visit ncsuarttowear.com. Source: Design Council
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From ‘Mission: Accomplished’ to ‘Mission: Changed’
Source: Matt Woodward, UAB President Elect
The N.C. Museum of Art will host the first student-organized college night inspired by the 30 Americans exhibition on Friday. This is a free event that will include food, entertainment, activities and artist talks from 7 to 11 p.m. It was organized by the North Carolina Museum of Art College Advisory Council, which includes students from Barton College, Duke University, Meredith College, N.C. Central University, N.C. State, Peace College, St. Augustine’s College and UNCChapel Hill.
to park in their first choice location,” Klein said. “However, compared to other peer institutions, we offer considerably more parking opportunities for both students and staff.” Klein said that the new deck will give more flexibility to students who may not have credit-hour requirements to park in other decks. “Sophomores and juniors who would not have been offered Coliseum Deck permits will have the opportunity to purchase a West Deck permit,” Klein said. Benton Riordan, junior in chemical engineering, said that he thinks the new parking deck shows that the University is moving in the right direction. “The new spots that the deck will add are going to make it a lot easier for underclassmen who would otherwise
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Delta Gamma Hannah Turner, a sophomore in animal science, is pushed by two members of Tau Kappa Epsilon for the Save the Mermaid competition during the annual Delta Gamma sponsored event, Anchor Splash, Sunday. All the proceeds of the event goes towards Service for Sight. “It’s really fun being able to participate with different sororities and fraternities and to see them all come together,” Turner said.
Community runs to support another pack The N.C. State Veterinary School hosted its annual Dog Day Run Sunday, providing bonding time for dog owners and support for a local cause. Brooke Wallig News Editor
In the heart of Wolfpack country, one institution gathered extensive community interest and participation to support a different kind of pack. In their 17th annual “Dog Day Run,” the N.C. State Veterinary School brought dog owners from around the state together to have fun and compete in a 5k to support an organization near and dear to the hearts of all dog owners, according to event organizer and second year student in veterinary medicine Jason Heitzman. “This run is always a great time, and you couldn’t ask for a better cause. Every year we come out here and raise money for the Wake County Animal Shelter, and the only money not going to the shelter is the cost to hold the event,” Heitzman said. “The Vet School doesn’t keep a dime.” According to Heitzman, this was the first year participants could take part in both the race and the walk with their canine pals. In years past, their dogs were only allowed to be involved in the dog walk that followed the timed race.
N.C. State is planning to change its mission statement again. Businesses across the world constantly reinvent themselves in order to project a better and more efficient image to their customers and often make changes within their organization. Usually, they do it to tap into a changing consumer base, while sometimes, change is forced and called for by tough economic conditions. The mission statement, which can be viewed on the University Planning and Analysis website, was rephrased a decade and a half ago in 1996, and revised again in 2001. Larry K. Monteith was the chancellor of the University during that period, and the present situation’s similarities to his years in office are striking. He inherited an athletics program in disarray, presided over a similar round of statewide budget cuts and tuition increase, and made significant additions to the provost’s responsibilities. So is changing the mission statement a norm for Chancellors in tough spots to follow? According to Mick Kulikowski, assistant director for news services, this really isn’t such a huge issue. “The new mission statement isn’t really much different,” he said, “The statement may be shorter or more brief, but we [the University] are
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At the starting line, a group of walkers and dogs take off on a two-mile course at the 16th annual Dog Day Fun Run Sunday. The run is sponsored every year by the N.C. State College of Veterinary Medicine’s student chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association and any donations received during the event go to the Wake County Animal Shelter.
Heitzman said it’s also been the race’s most successful year yet. “This event went better than I expected. Last year we only had 40 people participate total, in both the run and walk. This year, we easily made more than that just for the run,” Heitzman said. “It’s the 17th year this event has been held, but it’s the first year they’ve been allowed to participate in the run with their dogs. Before they could complete the walk with their dogs, but I think we’ll continue running with the dogs since we’ve had
such great feedback.” While many people have trouble running for lengths at a time, participants Nancy Green and her husband Ed said their 3-year-old Maltipoo, Burton, is used to going the distance. “He’s probably too small to be running 5k’s, but he does it all the time. We run three to four times a week, and there have been times he’s run 5 miles in one day,” Green
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$5.00 from the sale of each shirt to benefit “Origami Wishes” NC State’s campus-wide fundraising for the American Red Cross. T-shirts will be available this Friday for $10.00 each at NC State Bookstore.
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